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[Emoke Greschik]

 *Friends, today’s Gospel *presents the story of the woman caught in
adultery,



*which is one of the clearest demonstrations of what Catholic philosopher
René Girard called the scapegoat mechanism. The scribes and Pharisees bring
to Jesus a woman they had caught in adultery. Where must they have been
standing and how long must they have been waiting in order to catch her?
Their eagerness to find a victim is testimony to the insatiable human need
for scapegoats. The novelty of the Gospel is revealed in Jesus’ refusal to
contribute to the energy of the gathering storm: "Let the one among you who
is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Jesus directs the
energy of scapegoating violence back toward the accusers. He unveils the
dangerous secret that the unstable order of the society has been predicated
upon scapegoating. *The Church Fathers emphasized this point with a neat
interpretive move: they imagined that Jesus was writing in the sand none
other than the sins of those who were threatening the woman.




* Then we see, at least in seminal form, the new order: "Go, and from now
on do not sin any more." The connection between Jesus and the woman is not
the consequence of condemnation but rather the fruit of forgiveness offered
and accepted. Reflect: Reflect on the prevalence of scapegoating in
contemporary culture. Think especially about the times when you have been
guilty of singling out an individual or some group as a scapegoat. *
* Ó bűn nélkül fogantatott Szűz Mária, könyörögj értünk, kik hozzád
menekülünk! *
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